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CONVENTION 


BETWEEN THE 


UNITED STATES AND MEXICO 


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Equitable Distribution of the Waters 
of the Rio Grande 





SIGNED AT WASHINGTON, MAY 21, 1906 

RATIFICATION ADVISED BY THE SENATE, JUNE 26, 1906 
RATIFIED BY THE PRESIDENT, DECEMBER 26, 1906 

RATIFIED BY MEXICO, JANUARY 5, 1907 

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By THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 


A PROCLAMATION. 


Whereas a Convention between the United States of America and 
the United States of Mexico, providing for the equitable distribution 
of the waters of the Rio Grande for irrigation purposes, and to remove 
all causes of controversy between them in respect thereto, was con- 
cluded and signed by their respective Plenipotentiaries at Washington 
on the twenty-first day of May, one thousand nine hundred and six, 
the original of which Convention, bemg in the English and Spanish 
languages, is word for word as follows: 


The United States of America 
and the United States of Mexico 
being desirous to provide for the 
equitable distribution of the wa- 
ters of the Rio Grande for irriga- 
tion purposes, and to remove all 
causes of controversy between 
them in respect thereto, and being 
moved by considerations of inter- 
national comity, have resolved to 
conclude a Convention for these 
BEEROFeS and have named as their 

lenipotentiaries: 

The President of the United 
States of America, Elihu Root, 
Secretary of State of the United 
States; and 

The President of the United 
States of Mexico, His Excellency 
Sefior Don Joaquin D. Casasiis, 
Ambassador Extraordinary and 
Plenipotentiary of the United 
States of Mexico at Washington; 
who, after haying exhibited their 
respective full powers, which 
were found to be m good and due 
form, have agreed upon the fol- 
lowing articles: 

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Los Estados Unidos de América 
y los Estados Unidos Mexicanos 
deseosos de ponerse de acuerdo en 
la equitativa distribucién de las 
aguas del Rio Grande para fines 
de irrigacién, y de alejar todas las 
causas de discusién entre ellos 4 
ese respecto, y obrando por con- 
sideraciones de cortesia imterna- 
cional, han resuelto celebrar una 
Convencién con este propdsito y 
han nombrado sus Plenipotencia- 
rios, 4 saber: 

El Presidente de los Estados 
Unidos de América, al Sefior Elihu 
Root, Secretario de Estado de los 
Estados Unidos; y 

El Presidente de los Estados 
Unidos Mexicanos, 4 Su Excelen- 
cia el Sefior Don Joaquin D. Ca- 
sasis, Embajador Extraordinario 
Ay otenciario de los Estados 

nidos Mexicanos en Washington; 
quienes, despues de presentar sus 
plenos poderes respectivos, que se 
encontraron en buena y debida 
forma, han convenido en losarti- 
culos siguientes: 


Article I. 


After the completion of the 
roposed storage dam near Engle, 
ew Mexico, and the distributing 
system auxiliary thereto, and as 
soon as water shall be available 
in said system for the purpose, the 
United States shall deliver to Mex- 
ico a total of 60,000 acre-feet of 
water annually, in the bed of the 
Rio Grande at the point where the 
head works of the Acequia Madre, 
known. as the Old Mexican Canal, 
now exist above the city of Juarez, 
Mexico. 


Article IT. 


The delivery of the said amount 
of water shall be assured by the 
United States and shall be distrib- 
uted through the year in the same 
proportions as the water supply 
proposed to be furnished from the 
said irrigation system to lands in 
the United States in the vicinity of 
El Paso, Texas, according to the 
following schedule, as nearly as 


Articulo I. 


Una vez que se hayan termi- 
nado la proyectada presa cerca de 
Engle, Nueva México, y el sistema 
auxiliar de distribucién al efecto, y 
tan luego como haya agua disponi- 
ble para el objeto en dicho sistema, 
los Estados Unidos entregaran 4 
México un total de 60,000 acres 

les de agua anualmente, en el 
echo del Rio Grande y en el punto 
en donde se encuentran ahora las 
obras principales de la Acequia 
Madre, conocida con el nombre de 
viejo canal mexicano, arriba de 
Ciudad Juarez, Mexico. 


Articulo IT. 


Los Estados Unidos asegurarén 
la entrega de dicha cantidad de 
agua y la distribuirén durante el 
afio en las mismas proporciones que 
la cantidad de agua que se proyec- 
ta proporcionar del expresado sis- 
tema de irrigacién 4 los terrenos 
de los Estados Unidos en las cer- 
canias de El Paso, Texas, de con- 
formidad, y tan aproximadamente 








may be possible: como sea posible, con la siguiente 
: lista: : 

| Se Acres pies | Piss otbieos de 

month. water. por mes. | spondientes. 
JERUATY cess maa dep 0 ON EEHORO Ux 02g ac ohh g ea a 0 0 
PODTURLY .. wes cce nus == 1,090 47,480,400 Febrero.............- 1,099 47, 480, 400 
Marels.... tancsnccins 5, 460 237,837,600 Marzo............-... 5, 460 237, 837, 600 
es So cen hae soe 12,000 $22; 720, OOD RRM cose dhcp rds tee 12, 000 522, 720, 000 
TAB Y iss toca cateesns 12,000 522,720,000 Mayo...............-. 12, 000 522, 720, 000 
JUDG Rs ots sh oe ie. 12, 000 §22,720,000 Jumnio................- 12, 000 522, 720, 000 
PUPS were ks est ssEh 8, 180 356,320,800 - Julio. ...........--..- 8,180 356, 320, 800 
Habis tant 03 4,370 190,357,200 Agosto...........-.-- 4,370 190, 357, 200 
September. .......... 3, 270 142,441,200 Setiembre...........- 3,270 142, 441, 200 
October... 2... .2..6. 1,090 47,480,400 Octubre.............- 1,090 47, 480, 400 
November... ....-.-5.. 540 23,522,400 Noviembre........... 540 23, 522, 400 
December..........s- 0 Q Diciembre............ 0 0 
Totalfor the year 60, 000 2,613, 600, 000 Total en el afio. . 60, 000 2,613,600 000 
acre-feet cubic feet acres pies pies cubicos 























In case, however, of extraordi- 
nary drought or serious accident 
to the irrigation system in the 
-United States, the amount deliv- 
ered to the Mexican Canal shall 
be diminished in the same propor- 
tion as the water delivered to 
lands under said irrigation system 
in the United States. 


(Bancroft Library 
Article ITT. 


The said delivery shall be made 
without cost to Mexico, and the 
United States agrees to pay the 
whole cost of storing aah said 
quantity of water to be delivered 
to Mexico, of conveying the same 
to the international line, of 
measuring the said water, and of 
delivering it in the river bed 
above the head of the Mexican 
Canal. It is understood that the 
United States assumes no obliga- 
tion beyond the delivering of the 
water in the bed of the river 
above the head of the Mexican 
Canal. 


Article IV. 


The delivery of water as herein 
provided is not to be construed as 
a recognition by the United States 
of any claim on the part of Mexico 
to the said waters; and it is 
agreed that in consideration of 
such delivery of water, Mexico 
waives any and all claims to the 
waters of the Rio Grande for any 

urpose whatever between the 

ead of the present Mexican Canal 
and Fort Quitman, Texas, and 
also declares fully settled and dis- 
posed of, and hereby waives, all 
claims heretofore asserted or ex- 
isting, or that may hereafter 
arise, or be asserted, against the 
United States on account of any 
damages alleged to have been sus- 
tained by the owners of land in 
Mexico, by reason of the diversion. 
by citizens of the United States of 
waters of the Rio Grande. 


En caso, sin embargo, de extra- 
ordinaria sequia 6 de serio acci- 
dente en el sistema de irrigacién 
en los Estados Unidos, se dismi- 
nuiré la cantidad de agua que 
deba entregarse al canal mexi- 
cano, en la misma proporcién que 
la que se entregue 4 las tierras 
sujetas 4 dicho sistema de wriga- 
cidn en los Estados Unidos. — 


Articulo ITT. 


La expresada entrega se hara 
sin gasto alguno para México, y 
los Estados Unidos convienen en 
pagar el total costo del depédsito 
de la mencionada cantidad de 
agua que debe darse 4 México, de 
la conducidén, de la misma hasta la 
linea internacional, de la medi- 
cidn de dicha agua y de su entrega 
en el lecho del rio, arriba de i? 
boca del Canal Mexicano. Queda 
entendido que los Estados Unidos 
no asumen otra obligacién que la 
de entregar el agua en el lecho del 
rio, arriba de la boca del Canal 
Mexicano. 


Articulo IV. 


La entrega del agua, como aqui 
se establece, no se considerara 
como un reconocimiento por los 
Estados Unidos de ningtin derecho 
por parte de México 4 dichas 
aguas; y Sse conviene que, en con- 
sideraciOn 4 dicho abastecimiento 
de a, México retira cualquiera 

todas las reclamaciones, sea cual 

uere su objeto, 4 las aguas del 
Rio Grande entre la boca del 
actual Canal Mexicano y Fort 
Quitman, Texas, y declara tam- 
bién completamente arregladas y 
extinguidas todas las reclama- 
ciones hasta hoy presentadas, 
existentes 6 que puedan después | 
suscitarse 6 presentarse contra los 
Estados Unidos 4 causa de cuales- 
uiera dafios que los propietarios 
ds tierras en México aleguen 
haber sufrido con motivo de las 
desviacién de aguas del Rio 
Grande efectuada por ciudadanos 
de los Estados Unidos. 


Article V. 


The United States, in entering 
into this treaty, does not thereby 
concede, expressly or by implica- 
tion, any legal basis for any claims 
heretofore asserted or which may 
be hereafter asserted by reason, of 
any losses incurred by the owners 
of land in Mexico due or alleged 


to be due to the diversion of the - 


waters of the Rio Grande within 
the United States; nor does the 
United States in any way concede 
the establishment of any general 
principle or precedent by the con- 
cluding of this treaty. The under- 
standing of both parties is that 
the arrangement contemplated by 
this treaty extends only to the 
portion of the Rio Grande which 
forms the international boundary, 
from the head of the Mexican 
Canal down to Fort Quitman, 
Texas, and in no other case. 


Article VI. 


The present Convention shall 
be ratified by both contracting 
parties in accordance with their 
constitutional procedure, and the 
ratifications shall be exchanged at 
Washington as soon as possible. 

In witness whereof, the respect- 
ive Plenipotentiaries have signed 
the Convention both in the Eng- 
lish and Spanish languages and 
have thereunto affixed their seals. 

Done in duplicate at the City of 
Washington, this 21st day of May, 
one thousand nine hundred and 
Six, 


Evisu Root 


Joaquin D Casasus 


Articulo V. 


Los Estados Unidos, al celebrar 
este tratado, no otorgan con él, 
explicita ni implicitamente, nin- 
gin fundamento legal para recla- 
maciones que en lo futuro se ale- 

en, 6 puedan alegarse, proce- 

entes de cualesquiera pérdidas 
sufridas por los propietarios de 
tierras en México, ora se deba 6 se 
alegue deberse, 4 la desviacién de 
las aguas del Rio Grande dentro 
de los Estados Unidos; ni convie- — 
nen los Estados Unidos de nin- 
guna manera en el establecimien- 
to de ningtin principio general 6 

recedente 4 causa de la cele- 

racién de este tratado. Quedan 
entendidas las dos Altas Partes 
Contratantes que el arreglo que 
se proyecta con este tratado sdlo 
se extiende 4 la porcién del Rio 
Grande que forma el limite inter- 
nacional, desde la boca del Canal 
Mexicano hasta Fort Quitman, 
Texas, y 4 ningtin otro caso. 


Articulo VI. 


La presente Convencién sera. 
ratificada por Ambas Partes Con- 
tratantes de acuerdo con las for- 
malidades_ constitucionales de 
cada una de ellas, y se canjearén 
las ratificaciones en Washington 
tan luego como fuere posible. 

En fe de lo cual, los respectivos 
Plenipotenciarios han firmado la 

resente Convencién, tanto en 


inglés como en castellano, y han 


puesto en ella sus sellos. 
Hecho .en dos originales en la 
Ciudad de Washington, el 21 de 


- Mayo, de mil novecientos seis. 


[SEAL.] 
[SEAL.] 


And whereas the said Convention has been duly ratified on both 
parts, and the ratifications of the two governments were exchanged in 
the City of Washington, on the sixteenth day of January, one thou- 


sand nine hundred and seven; 


7 


Now, therefore, be it known that I, Theodore Roosevelt, President 
of the United States of America, have caused the said Convention 
to be made public, to the end that the same and every article and 
clause thereof may be observed and fulfilled with good faith by the 
United States and the citizens thereof. 

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and caused the 
seal of the United States of America to be affixed. : 

Done at the City of Washington, this sixteenth day of January, in 

the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred and seven, 

[sEAL.] and of the Independence of the United States of America 

the one hundred and thirty-first. 
THEODORE ROOSEVELT 

By the President: 

Exmvu Roor 
Secretary of State. 





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